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VA Midwest Health Care Network (VISN 23)
Mentioned in a privacy incident report created by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs on December 30, 2011. Also cited in 183 other reports.
Report ID: SPE000000070225, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Reported Entity: VISN 23 Omaha, NE
Issue:
An employee found a print out of a coworker's "view registration data sheet" on a counter unattended. This sheet included sensitive information on this employee such as full name, SSN and DOB. The Privacy Officer is running a log to see who was in this employee's records to try to track down who might have printed it and left it there. Update: 01/06/12:The employee will receive a letter offering credit protection services.
Outcome:
The employee's sensitive information was found on a counter accessible by several different departments. The staff that were shown to be in the employee's record don't recall printing anything and leaving it out in the public.